Centra College of Nursing Overview
Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, Centra College of Nursing is a private not-for-profit institution. Lynchburg is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.
What Is Centra College of Nursing Known For?
- The student loan default rate at Centra College of Nursing is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
- The bachelor's degree is the highest award offered at Centra College of Nursing.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 53% of the faculty were full-time.
- After graduation, Centra College of Nursing bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,300 a year. That's about 18% more than their peers at other schools.
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Centra College of Nursing Rankings
These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Centra College of Nursing.
Where Is Centra College of Nursing?

Contact details for Centra College of Nursing are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 905 Lakeside Dr., Suite A, Lynchburg, VA 24501 |
Phone: | 434-200-3070 |
Admission Requirements for Centra College of Nursing
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | recommended |
High School Rank | neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | neither required nor recommended |
College Prep Program | neither required nor recommended |
Recommendations | required |
SAT or ACT Scores | neither required nor recommended |
TOEFL | neither required nor recommended |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Centra College of Nursing?
Approximately 22% of accepted students are men and 78% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 100%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.
Can I Afford Centra College of Nursing?
Student Loan Debt
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Centra College of Nursing, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $2,691 a year. That adds up to $10,764 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Centra College of Nursing is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
Centra College of Nursing Undergraduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity
Of the 42 full-time undergraduates at Centra College of Nursing, 5% are male and 95% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Centra College of Nursing students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
White | 21 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 21 |
Online Learning at Centra College of Nursing
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Centra College of Nursing has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 45th most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.
Centra College of Nursing Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
Major | Associate’s | Undergraduate Certificate | Bachelor’s | TOTAL |
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Nursing | 89 | 0 | 20 | 109 |
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants | 0 | 41 | 0 | 41 |
TOTAL | 89 | 41 | 20 | 150 |
References
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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